Hi Automators,
The Pushcut Automation Server feature is available for everybody in the latest version!
I posted a demo video clip here:
I made a quick demo video to show you what I was doing as a little side-mission during the holidays:
You can basically turn a dedicated iOS device into a “server” - using Shortcuts and HomeKit as “server actions” - and trigger them through secure web requests from anywhere.
While I understand that this will not be all too interesting for the masses, I hope that a few automation enthusiasts will be really happy with this. The only hurdle left is App Review… we’ll see how it goes
Now that I know it is allowed, I will polish it up a bit more. But the basics work just fine as they are!
Does this enable any automation project for you that was impossible before?
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It looks good but two things:
How old a piece of equipment will it run on? I ask as it’s only the oldest discards that people would want to dedicate to this. (Newer discards tend to go to relatives.)
Does an automation run without intervention? Any limitations on that?
anything running iOS 12 should do.
as long as shortcuts return without alerts or user input dialogs, it will run without intervention.
the only limitations I have/will put in place are (for server cost reasons):
requests per day (will be high enough for every normal case)
MB transferred per request/day (again, only to prevent crazy stuff)
timeout (the server will currently only wait 15 s for a response)
other than that, this thing should just do what it says and “process” requests all the livelong day ; )
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Then I wonder how cheaply I can pick up a minimum-supported-spec device.
Isn’t saying ‘automate shortcuts’ somewhat repetitive?
